Web Directions

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["post_title"]=> string(35) "The future of journalism conference" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(35) "the-future-of-journalism-conference" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2008-04-30 17:42:32" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2008-04-30 22:42:32" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(70) "http://www.webdirections.org/blog/the-future-of-journalism-conference/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "3" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [2]=> object(stdClass)#117 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(465) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2008-04-30 01:04:10" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2008-04-30 06:04:10" ["post_content"]=> string(1969) "I like this as I do feel it is one step closer to one of the three things that I consider to be the worst three (marketing) scourges on the planet: telemarketing. We all pay (handsomely, thank you Telstra) for the privilege of having a landline. I do not have this landline for the purpose of being contacted, in my private time, by people trying to sell me things I do not want. If the telephone was a free service, which I paid for by accepting advertising, a la network television, it would be a different story. But it is not, and this is why I see telemarketing as an evil invasion of my home.Enter the crowd sourced death of the telemarketer. Over at ReadWriteWeb I read today about a great idea called Callercomplaints.com, where you can register the number, and as many other details as you can get, of any telemarketer that calls you. The hope is that the entries for organisations that find themselves on this list will find their way towards the top of Google searches for that organisation. Appealingly cunning. The only downside that I can see is that in my experience here in Australia at least, you don't get to see the number as it is blocked.I do have faith in the broader idea behind this project though. My only hope is that someone clever will use it to come up with a plan to wipe out the other two worst (marketing) scourges:

• Advertising in the cinema: yes, I paid $16 to see 20 minutes of lame advertising...
• Those guys who drive around on motor scooters with the little trailer or in those special trucks, the sole purpose of which is to trail about advertising for some sickly drink or whatever: seriously, I cannot believe that is not against the law in 2008. We really do care about the environment. A lot.

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The data in this piece comes from the U.S. Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line data files. The data is first parsed and filtered (to remove non-street features) using Perl. Next, using Processing, the latitude and longitude coordinates are transformed using an Albers equal-area conic projection (which gives it that curvy surface-of-the-Earth look that we’re used to), and then plotted to an enormous image that’s saved to the disk.

Extraordinary stuff.Fry is the author of Visualizing Data, published by O'Reilly. 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Many conference organisers have lamented the difficulty of finding women speakers, something which Jen Beckman helped address some time ago.Now New Zealander Brenda Wallace has started Geekspeakr, a directory of women tech speakers. Great work Brenda!So if you are keen to speak at the growing number of tech events, get yourself listed. 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He's also the founder of acidlabs, one of our supporters of Web Directions Government. A big thank you to Stephen and acidlabs.acidlabs is a small Canberra-based consultancy that work with organisations and individuals internationally to build and implement programs to successfully manage the spread of knowledge workers across business. These programs help leaders and workers to manage the necessary change and adopt polices and practices to empower knowledge workers across the organisation to do their jobs the best they can, increase productivity and morale and deliver real value back to business.Offering a range of services including social networking and social media strategy, knowledge management strategy, web strategy, information architecture and user experience, acidlabs works with organisations looking for a way to connect their staff, clients and stakeholders in innovative and powerful ways.acidlabs' Founder, Stephen Collins, has a wealth of experience working in and for the public sector and business as a project manager, business analyst, team leader, consultant and mentor.Again, many thanks to Stephen and acidlabs for their support." 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With about 1300 entries (a lot of them from the same people), I'd hardly say Sleeveface was a runaway success, but, it's still respectable. A lot more so than Fridgets - which was promoted on the Flickr blog at the time Flickr video was launched, so passed before the eyes of a very large audience - and yet has only received 51 entries.The obvious answer is that the amount of trouble one needs to go to in order to contribute to the meme will impact on its success. But it's clearly not the only factor, nor a deal breaker: look at Post Secret.The last obvious answer I'll put forward is "it needs to be amusing or engaging in some way". But I'm going to call that a non-answer to the question. I believe there's some sort of particular fashion in which something needs to be amusing or engaging, or some sort of reward that people get out of contributing, for a meme to be successful. Can I work out what that is?Please don't tell me to go and read this, I already have..." 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So, how do you make the most of that investment? Neerav Bhatt has a very detailed post at his blog, looking at the things you can do before, during and after attending an event to get the most from your efforts.Well worth a read. Great work Neerav." 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Indi, not to mention the clients she did the work for, was incredibly generous with the detailed description of her mental models approach to user research and product design.Fascinating, candid content presented in a manner which will demystify the whole process for you. In fact, I would put this presentation forward as a model for any aspiring presenter, as well as anyone interested in research and design.And if you like what you hear and see, check out Indi's book, the first from Rosenfeld Media, Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior." 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Lots and lots of events, exhibitions, installations, performances and so on all over Melbourne. Trés cool..." ["post_title"]=> string(30) "Melbourne - Next Wave Festival" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(28) "melbourne-next-wave-festival" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2008-04-22 01:06:44" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2008-04-22 06:06:44" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(63) "http://www.webdirections.org/blog/melbourne-next-wave-festival/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [12]=> object(stdClass)#127 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(453) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2008-04-21 04:36:21" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2008-04-21 09:36:21" ["post_content"]=> string(690) "As we all probably know, an important event occurred in Canberra, the nations Capital this weekend just gone. And there was the 20/20 Summit as well.Of course I'm talking about Barcamp Canberra, held at the Australian National University lat Saturday.A fantastic turnout, of 60 or more attendees, and 30 or so presentations, many of which are online, and which are well worth a look, covering things like Google Apps, Web Typography, Prototyping, UX nightmares and much more.Well done Canberrans (though if they keep such great events up they might put us out of a job)" ["post_title"]=> string(21) "Barcamp Canberra wrap" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(21) "barcamp-canberra-wrap" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2008-04-21 04:36:21" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2008-04-21 09:36:21" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(56) "http://www.webdirections.org/blog/barcamp-canberra-wrap/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "4" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [13]=> object(stdClass)#128 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(452) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2008-04-20 21:39:20" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2008-04-21 02:39:20" ["post_content"]=> string(1562) "A number of supporters and exhibitors are coming on board for our upcoming events, and we are very thankful for their support. We still have a number of really great value expo and sponsorship opportunities, so if your company is interested in building connections with leading Australian web professionals in government or the user experience field, then take a look at our sponsorship packages.First cab off the rank is Funnelback, who are supporting both our User Experience and Government events.Funnelback is an enterprise search engine company. Their technology is used to search information across the breadth of an organization. They offer hosted search solutions as well as in-house server installed solutions. Funnelback searches across websites, intranets, portals, databases, fileshares and many other data sources. Their feature rich, high powered, customizable, search engine allows organizations to find accurate information quickly and easily. Funnelback is used by organisations in Australia, North America and the UK, with an extensive blue chip customer base including Commonwealth and State government agencies, over one third of all Universities in Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Westpac Banking Corporation, the Australian Stock Exchange, CareerOne and ninemsn.To find out more visit www.funnelback.comMany thanks again to Funnelback for their support." ["post_title"]=> string(36) "Thanks to our supporters, Funnelback" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(35) "thanks-to-our-supporters-funnelback" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(52) " http://ux08.webdirections.org/sponsorship-and-expo/" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2008-04-20 21:39:20" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2008-04-21 02:39:20" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(70) "http://www.webdirections.org/blog/thanks-to-our-supporters-funnelback/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [14]=> object(stdClass)#129 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(451) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2008-04-19 19:57:29" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2008-04-20 00:57:29" ["post_content"]=> string(1461) "Rich Internet Applications, a term increasingly used for desktop like web applications, or hybrid web applications, developed with technologies like Flash, Silverlight, AIR and others are gaining increasing attention among web designers and developers.If you are interested in learning more about these specific technologies and their use, Adobe and Microsoft are both running events in the coming couple of months in a number of cities.Microsoft's REMIX event, held in Sydney on May 20, and Melbourne May 22, featuring a keynote by one of our favourite speakers, the wonderful Mark Pesce (worth the price of admission alone) is a one day event focussing on Microsoft's web developer tools and technologies.Adobe's AIRCAMP is a one day event looking in detail at Adobe's AIR technology for building hybrid Web/Desktop apps. AIRCAMPs are going to be held in Melbourne (on May 15th the day before Web Directions UX), Brisbane (May 20), Canberra (May 22), Sydney (June 10), and across the ditch in Auckland June 24 and Wellington June 26.While at Web Directions we are big fans of the open web stack of standards, there's no doubt these technologies also have a role to play in the evolution of the web. So get along to one or both these events to see what's happening in the world of RIAs." 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